Κάθαια

Κάθαια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Κάθαια, πόλις Ἰνδική. τιμῶσι δὲ τοὺς καλοὺς ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον, ὥστε βασιλέα τὸν κάλλιστον αἱροῦνται. ὁ πολίτης Καθαιαῖος.

Kathaia: an Indian city. They honour handsome men to such a degree that they choose as king the most handsome. A citizen is a 'Kathaiaios'.

Commentary (2)

Kathaia: an Indian city.

The city is otherwise obscure; its precise location in India is uncertain.

AI-detected · ambiguity · confidence: high

A citizen is a 'Kathaiaios'.

Greek Καθαιαῖος, the demotic adjective meaning ‘a Kathaiaian/Kathaian’.

AI-detected · translation explanation · confidence: high

Entry	#10
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 346.13 · Billerbeck Κ10
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count	18

Entity	Details
Κάθαια	Kathaea (city) · place · corrected · Q136292775
Καθαιαῖος	Kathaean; citizen of Kathaea · people

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	from the Olbians (i.e., named after people from Olbia)
Borrowing Non Greek	it is interpreted thus in Phrygian or Ionian (i.e., the name is explained as Phrygian or Ionian in origin)
Morphological Composition	the ethnic form is Kadios, plural Kadioi (i.e., the inhabitants are called Kadioi) — comment on formation

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Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences

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